Milyutinsky Garden, Regional cultural heritage park in Basmanny District, Moscow, Russia
Milyutinsky Garden is a regional cultural heritage park in Basmanny District with open green areas and organized pathways. The grounds feature oak, maple, and birch trees arranged throughout the landscaped layout near Pokrovsky Boulevard.
The garden belonged to the Boundary Office (Mezhevaya kantselyariya), which moved to this site in 1754 and kept 17th-century cadastral books used to fix land boundaries. It stayed closed to the public, entered only through the office courtyard, until 1917. In 1932 it was transferred to Vsekopromsovet and named after V. P. Milyutin, with a gate opened onto Pokrovsky Boulevard; in 1936 it became a children's district park.
Muscovites nicknamed the garden "Milyutka". In 1932 it was handed to the Vsekopromsovet cooperative council and named after V. P. Milyutin, with a gate cut through from Pokrovsky Boulevard. Dances, mass games, theatre performances and film screenings were held on the grounds, and since 1936 it has been a children's park for the neighbourhood.
The site is accessible by multiple public transportation options and features paved pathways with seating areas throughout. The well-maintained paths make it easy to walk around and explore different sections of the grounds.
The garden's name honours Vasily Prokhorovich Milyutin, after whom it was renamed in 1932 when it was transferred to the All-Union Council of Cooperative Industry. Muscovites sometimes call it "Milyutka". Its old entrance from the Meshchanskaya Chancellery courtyard in Khokhlovsky Lane still survives.
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